Liu Bei carefully descended from the mountain. After reaching the flat ground, he took a long breath and relaxed a little. The mountains here are very steep, and many places are loose. If you are not careful, you may step on the rocks. The bruises and swelling from the fall are minor, but it may even lead to death!
If you want to enter Jiaozhi, you must first get to Cangwu. Liu Bei muttered something. Cangwu is on the flank. If you go south, the safety of the flank is naturally very important.
Basically, the political system in this area of Jiaozhou is in chaos. There are old officials from the imperial court, Liu Biao's hand, and those from Jiangdong, and naturally there are also those who belong to Shi Xie.
At that time, Zhu Fu was under Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. In the third year of Zhongping, he succeeded Jia Cong and was appointed as the governor of Jiaozhi. Later, his brother Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yuzhang, was killed by Zhonglang general Zuo Rong. He wanted to send troops to the north to attack the enemy. He avenged his brother and was killed by the local barbarians.
This is the official statement.
In fact, there is another theory, that is, Zhu Fu did not do any good things in Jiaozhou, which caused anger and resentment, and then he was caught and thrown into the sea to feed the fish...
After Zhu Fu's death, the Eastern Han Dynasty court sent Zhang Jin to take over as the governor of Jiaozhi. Interestingly, not long after Zhang Jin took office, he was killed by his subordinate Qu Jing.
It would make sense if Zhu Fu said that he was seeking death through excessive expropriation. But not long after Zhang Jin took office, what did he do to get Zhang Jin and his subordinates to the point of fighting to the death? Obviously, it must be interests. problem. After Zhang Jin took office, he definitely wanted to put his name into practice, but in the process of specifically grasping power, conflicts arose with certain people, and then everything fell apart.
And among these people, apart from Shi Xie, there is no other candidate.
After all, Zhu Fu and Zhang Jin were both officially appointed as governors of Jiaozhou by the imperial court. Shi Xie, a native elected official, was supposed to hand over his authority when the officials appointed by the imperial court took office. Therefore, Zhang Jin As long as they are dead, dead people naturally have no need for authority.
After Zhang Jin's death, the Han court fell into chaos and had no time to pay attention to the land of Jiaozhou. Later, when Liu Biao came, he sent someone and appointed a governor of Jiaozhou, Lai Gong.
Lai Gong, the 73rd generation grandson of King Lai Shuying, was born in Lingling. Lai Gong knew how powerful Shi Xie was, so he did not dare to go too deep into Shi Xie's territory in Jiaozhou, and asked Liu Biao for reinforcements. Liu Biao sent Wu Ju there. Confronting Shi Xie...
Lai Gong thought that Wu Ju came as one of his subordinates, but he didn't know whether it was Liu Biao who was dissatisfied with Lai Gong or Wu Ju who made his own decisions. Anyway, the two sides who were supposed to be in the same camp gradually developed a gap, and now they are like fire and water. Lai Gong was unable to defeat Wu Ju. Seeing that the situation was not good, he was about to run away, but Liu Bei came.
So Lai Gong was determined and led some people to join Liu Bei.
Lai Gong, who was following Liu Bei at the moment, was panting and covered in sweat. The sweat flowed from his forehead and soaked his robes. Lai Gong did not wear a battle armor because Lai Gong was not a general who was good at force. , following Liu Bei up and down like this, Liu Bei was fine, but Lai Gong, who was weak, couldn't bear it and was sweating profusely.
Brother Xuande, it will take half a month before it gets cooler... Lai Gong wiped his sweat and said, it's still a bit hot now, so it's not a good time to go into the army...
Marching in the scorching heat is a taboo for military strategists.
This statement is not wrong.
It's not that Liu Bei doesn't understand the art of war, but the problem is that others also know it, such as Lai Gong, who can also speak a few words. That's why Liu Bei sends troops out of season, so that he can catch Xie off guard.
Shi Xie obviously didn't expect it, so whether it was combat preparations or rescue, he was always a little slow, resulting in Liu Bei advancing all the way, and now he was close to Shi Xie's central power zone.
Liu Bei heard Lai Gong's words and did not refute. He just smiled slightly, showing his signature gentle smile. Zi Qian's words made sense...
Yes, you are right!
This is the best answer to deal with bullies.
Although Liu Bei and Lai Gong didn't have much interaction before, during the past few days of contact, Liu Bei found that Lai Gong was a scholar who took things seriously. He liked to pick out words and talk about big principles, and he was not interested in practical affairs.
It’s not that I don’t have the ability, I just don’t know how to adapt.
If Liu Bei and Lai Gong expressed why they wanted to march into the army at the moment, then Lai Gong would talk about this military book and that military book, so Liu Bei still had to explain them one by one?
Looking at the calm surroundings, Liu Bei knew that forward Zhang Fei should have occupied Zhaoping, but the movements of Shi Xie's soldiers had not been discovered so far.
Perhaps, all the soldiers of Shixie went to Yulin?
That's better.
Shijun's troops and horses are indeed strong... Lai Gong is obviously still immersed in self-reflection. No wonder he marched from Nanzhong and made great progress...
Liu Bei still smiled and didn't argue with Lai Gong. Liu Bei could tolerate Zhuge Liang's actions and words in history, not to mention Lai Gong's behavior, which was more straightforward.
better for people to use.
Liu Bei is relatively satisfied with the current situation. At least it can be said that he has initially gained a foothold. The next step is to gradually devour or eat away at Shi Xie.
Is there any news about the forward? Liu Bei asked.
General Zhang has not sent anyone yet. His subordinates reported.
Get the album! Liu Bei ordered.
In fact, in history, Liu Bei's military talent has always been ahead of Zhuge Liang. Brother Zhu became self-taught in the later stages. In the first few battles, Liu Bei actually commanded most of them, but Mr. Luo was self-motivated and placed in the
It's just on Brother Pig.
This time Liu Bei deviated from the main direction of attacking Shi Xie and turned to Cangwu. On the one hand, Cangwu served as a flank, and it would be difficult to launch an attack on the south without first pacifying it. On the other hand, Cangwu prefect Wu Ju and Liu Bei also had a close relationship.
They also drank together, and Liu Bei also wanted to see if he could fight and pull Wu Ju and his soldiers back under his command.
Lai Gong's political administration was okay, but his military management was a bit awkward, while Wu Ju was on the contrary. When Liu Biao sent the two men, they were also targeted, but it was a fine Chinese tradition for generals to be at odds with each other, not to mention that after they were far away from Jingzhou, There are no referees here to mediate the balance, only intentional or unintentional instigators, so it seems inevitable that Lai Gong and Wu Ju will be at odds.
As a forward, Zhang Fei was on the one hand launching an offensive stance, and on the other hand he was trying to see if he could lure Wu Ju out, and then launch a flanking attack. Of course Wu Ju was willing to surrender directly, and Liu Bei would not refuse, but few people would be willing. Just give in when you don't hit the wall...
Especially Wu Ju, a border general with heavy troops.
Liu Bei knew this very well.
When Liu Bei was hugging Liu Biao's thigh, he accidentally or unintentionally came into contact with some of Liu Biao's subordinates. The simpler ones like Wu Ju were naturally Liu Bei's favorite.
Speaking of which, Liu Biao sent Lai Gong and Wu Ju to Jiaozhou. Perhaps he also thought that these two people were of no use in Jingzhou? In comparison, the Southern Barbarians in Jiaozhou did not need to use their brains and strategies. If even the Southern Barbarians were If you can't do it, then it's really useless...
Liu Bei looked at the map, and Lai Gong stretched his neck to look at it.
It's just that Lai Gong can't understand it.
After all, Liu Bei's map has gradually been transformed into a map of later generations. Although there are no contour lines yet, the original freehand landscape style map drawing method has been abandoned. Distance and size are both There are certain rules, but people who don't know what the rules are, even if they get it, they are like Lai Gong, and they don't understand it.
Xiuqi's original map of Jiaozhou was not complete. After Liu Bei went south, he added a lot of signs based on the actual situation. Now it was densely packed with various signs, which made Lai Gong dizzy, so Lai Gong simply turned his attention to After seeing Liu Bei's expression and his eyes gradually brightening, he put his thoughts in his stomach.
Does the envoy also have a good plan? Lai Gong asked.
Liu Bei put away the map and handed it to the guards to put away, and then said: There is no good strategy... Yide came with great fanfare from the front, Wu Cangwu could not be ignorant... The reason why there was no movement at the moment must be It's lurking somewhere...
When Lai Gong heard this, he couldn't help but glance around at the surrounding mountains and forests, ambushing?
Liu Bei smiled slightly, nodded and said: That's right. An ambush. Is Ziqian afraid?
Lai Gong's neck stiffened, why should I be afraid?
That's good... There was something bothering Ziqian. Liu Bei still smiled gently and said, since Wu Cangwu is ambushing in the mountains and forests, if we search, it will be time-consuming and laborious, and we will also alert the snake, so we should lure him... Hearing that Ziqian and Wu Cangwu had a gap. If Wu Cangwu knew where Zi Qian was, he would have sent his troops to break the ambush...
Ah?! Lai Gong didn't know whether it was because he hadn't finished sweating before, or for some other reason, but beads of sweat suddenly rolled down his forehead.
Don't worry, Zi Qian! Liu Bei holds Lai Gong's hand, and he will definitely protect Zi Qian! All he needs is this and this...
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Yulin County.
Bushan.
Shi Xie's eldest son, Shi Ren, was sitting in the hall, holding a little girl in his arms and rubbing his ears and temples together.
The little girl was dressed in men's clothes, but now her hair was messy, her eyes were silky, and she was panting. She put her hands on Shi Yan's shoulders, her eyes were watery, half-open and half-closed, and she screamed once or twice from time to time, and then smiled softly.
, regardless of whether the soldier's hands were rising or falling under his robe, sometimes light and sometimes heavy.
After a while, the little girl screamed half-truthfully in pain while squirming in Shiren's arms and said: General, this body is covered with sweat and sticky... General, doesn't he feel uncomfortable? How about...
...Let me loosen my clothes and serve the general well...
Hmm... wait a moment... Shi Yan squeezed a few more times, then saw something, and reluctantly let go of the little girl, patted her pert buttocks, you go to the back first
Just wait patiently, I will come back later to deal with you little goblin...
Shi Lin saw a guard outside the hall signaling that someone was coming.
Huh, if the general can't wait for a while... the little girl wrinkled her nose, it's a puppy!
Hahaha... Shiren laughed and waved his hand.
This girl is the concubine of Shilin Xina.
Now that the military situation is urgent, strictly speaking, women should not be brought along, but...
Shiren was in his prime of life, and had been in a heated relationship with this concubine before. How could he bear to leave this little girl in his house to accompany his yellow-faced woman? That was not waiting for him to turn around, I'm afraid.
Not even the bones were left? So he simply let the little girl dress up in men's clothes, pretend to be an attendant, and sneak into Bushan's place.
It's just that this woman is disguised as a man. Except for those who are blind in movies and TV shows, who can't see it? Not to mention others, they are the guards of the soldiers in front of the hall. Every one of them is Weiwei.
Bend over and suck on your lower abdomen to prevent certain parts of yourself from appearing too prominent?
Xu Ci was wearing a brocade robe and standing in the corridor with a frown.
Xu Ci was originally from Nanyang, so he lived in Jiaozhou to avoid disaster. Xu Ci was born in Nanyang, so he was naturally very familiar with scriptures and classics. On the other hand, he also had a little reputation. This time he was influenced by Shi Xie
I asked you to come and assist Shiren with the civil affairs and logistics affairs in the Bushan area.
Xu Ci didn't want to come at first because of the chaos of the war. Originally, he came to Jiaozhou to avoid the disaster, but he never thought that even Jiaozhou could not escape the intrusion of soldiers. He deliberately refused to run away again, but these days of eating, drinking, and eating, he always came to Jiaozhou.
Some of them couldn't be justified, and they hadn't fully mastered their shame, so they agreed to help Shi Yan, and planned to find an opportunity to run away after a while, regardless of the outcome...
Anyway, just think of it as paying for food and accommodation during this period.
It's a pity that Shi Xie didn't have this consciousness. Instead, he felt that Shi Xie didn't trust him by doing this. Naturally, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he acted more or less like laughing in front of Xu Ci, but Shi Xie
He didn't even think about it, how could Shi Xie feel relieved based on his daily behavior?
Xu Ci was not deaf either. He could hear the small and charming sounds in the hall, rising and falling. Then he saw the soldiers and guards bending down one by one. He didn't know what was going on.
Xu Ci wanted to laugh, but also wanted to jump and scold, but he held it back and did not show any of it on his face. The war was about to begin, but this soldier was still in the mood to play such tricks. I don't know if he was being arrogant.
, or should I say arrogant. There is no general like Shi Lin who can really lead troops. Xu Ci was even sure that if he really went to the battlefield, as long as there was a little pressure, the whole situation would probably collapse.
Because Shiren has no military morale at all...
After a while, Shi Lin summoned Xu Ci.
Xu Ci acted as if nothing had happened, then took out a military report from his arms and reported it to the general, an urgent report from the front line... Liu Bei and Liu Xuande had captured Yin County, and the people we sent to rescue... were ambushed.
completely annihilated……
What did you say?! Shiren was shocked. He was ambushed? The entire army was wiped out?!
Exactly. Xu Ci replied.
Shi Yan suddenly felt a chill rising up his spine, covering his whole body in an instant. He hurriedly grabbed the military newspaper and read it up and down, and then his hands and feet trembled a little.
Liu Bei is so fierce?
This dog who went to the rescue was so incompetent? He was even ambushed. From a certain point of view, this area should be the home field of Shi Xie and others. However, he was ambushed by Liu Bei who was playing away from home. This is simply...
Big joke.
this……
Wouldn't it be possible that in a few days, Liu Bei would march to Bushan, and then the two armies would face each other?
When Shi Ren was young, he boasted a lot, saying that he was very good at archery and swordsmanship, especially his spear skills, but when it came to the large-scale barrier between the two armies, fighting against each other, especially when Shi Ren discovered Liu Bei's troubles,
I felt a little scared in my heart, and then my hands began to tremble more and more, and even my whole body began to tremble involuntarily.
General...General...Xu Ci saw that the soldier was somewhat confused and attracted more and more attention from the surrounding guards and soldiers. He couldn't help but frown and shouted in a low voice, General! Calm down!
Hearing this, Shiren took a long breath, then calmed down somewhat, and put the general's report aside. Such a development surprised Shiren. Before, Shiren thought that Liu Bei's advance would not be that fast, even in that year.
General Liao, didn't he fight for many years? What's more, General Ma Yuan of Liao was fighting the rebellion at that time, and he was fighting ordinary southern barbarians, but now Liu Bei is fighting against his own soldiers...
Could it be that our soldiers are better than those of the Nanman...
This is impossible!
Shi Yan suppressed his unwanted thoughts, then looked at Xu Ci and asked: Sir, do you have any good ideas?
Faced with Shi Yan's request for help, Xu Ci deliberately did not want to take care of it, but the current situation was a loss for both sides. It would take a while to make some space for himself, so he said in a deep voice: General, you can quickly send someone here.
Build a military stronghold on the south bank of Yushui River and consolidate the fortifications to prevent bandits from crossing the river. In addition, you can write a letter to the envoy to ask for help...
Anyway, he has already arranged most of the logistics for Shi Xie. Once Shi Xie's reinforcements arrive, Xu Ci can leave calmly in the name of handover.
I don’t know whether it was because of Shi Xie’s explanation or because Shi Ren was worried about being punished by his father. Shi Ren did not agree to the suggestion of applying for reinforcements. He only agreed to build a military stronghold on the south bank of Yushui as a forward position for Bushan County to defend Liu Bei.
Suggestions, and then asked Xu Ci if he had any other good countermeasures.
Xu Ci had no choice but to come up with the second part of the strategy.
The Jiaozhou area is not limited to Jiaozhi, but the population composition of the entire Jiaozhou is very complex. There are local Nanbarians, Han people who have migrated south, scholars who have been demoted for three to four hundred years, and families who have escaped disasters. Take the indigenous people of Jiaozhou.
As far as the so-called Southern Barbarians are concerned, there are more than a hundred Yue tribes and there are also Miao people. Anyway, they are extremely numerous and the composition is extremely complicated.
So Xu Ci suggested that Shiren send people to contact the indigenous people of various ethnic groups around Yulin and launch their specialty mountain warfare to slow down Liu Bei's army, and preferably completely defeat it...
